LGBTQ Highlights @ The New York International Fringe Festival

After a one-year hiatus to re-envision New York City's largest live performance festival, The New York International Fringe Festival returns for a 21st season beginning October 3, 2018.

The festival will offer 101 fully staged theater and dance productions at 17 venues. This year, the festival will offer shows in Brooklyn and Queens for the first time. There is even an immersive show that comes to your home and podplays for the Staten Island Ferry and the L, #7 and N subway lines. A complete list of shows, schedules, and prices is now available at www.FringeNYC.org

Jackie and Johnny and the Whoracle Named DaphneNot the Normal Productions, in collaboration with Dry with a Twist TheatricsWriter: Kevin P. JoyceIn this zippy, zany, and campy new comedy, a con man, a drag queen, and a hooker set up a psychic salon to get out of trouble with the mob. An irreverent and introspective romp about life, loss, and crabs.FringeHUB (685 Washington Street at Charles Street)FRI 12 @ 8:00, SUN 14 @ 9:00, THU 25 @ 9:00, SAT 27 @ 6:30, SUN 28 @ 6:00

Mary VWriter: Rebekah Carrow with help from William ShakespeareAs the Henry V cast rehearses, Mary V and her band of sisters arrive to stake their claim to the stage. But what are the consequences of power? Is leadership inherently masculine? Is violence? A timely investigation. With swordplay.FringeHUB (685 Washington Street at Charles Street) FRI 12 @ 4:45, MON 15 @ 2:30, TUE 16 @ 7:15, FRI 19 @ 7:15, SUN 28 @ 11:45 AM

The Public and Private Deaths of Carol O'GradyWriter: Frank Murdocco / Director: Jessica DiPaola, Lindsey Smith, Frank MurdoccoCarol O'Grady is found brutally murdered in her home on Christmas Eve. What follows are those around her desperately trying to make sense of their lives and their world in this heartbreaking, hilarious, and wildly vulgar solo show.Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (161-04 Jamaica Ave, Jamaica)THU 18 @ 7:00, FRI 19 @ 8:00, SAT 20 @ 8:00

With attendance topping 75,000 people, The New York International Fringe Festival is New York City's fifth largest event (just behind Tribeca Film Festival and New York Comic Con).

Founded in 1997, FringeNYC is a production of The Present Company, under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Elena K. Holy. FringeNYC has presented over 3000 performing groups representing every continent, prompting Switzerland's New Zurich Zeitung, to declare FringeNYC as "the premiere meeting ground for alternative artists." FringeNYC has been the launching pad for numerous Off-Broadway and Broadway transfers, long-running hits, and regional theater productions including Urinetown, Matt & Ben, Debbie Does Dallas, Dog Sees God, Dixie's Tupperware Party, The Irish Curse and Silence! The Musical; movies including WTC View and Armless; and even a TV show ('da Kink in My Hair).

All tickets are available for purchase up to 15 minutes prior to the performance at FringeNYC.org or via smartphone/device at fringeonthefly.com. Discounted multi-show passes (Fiver, Fiver Pairs, and Flex) are available and are redeemable online during the month of September. The unlimited "Lunatic" pass is redeemable online throughout the festival. All passes can be redeemed for both FringeNYC and FringeBYOV performances.